The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-02-25
Lovers Pond.

In the early settlement of Har-
deman County two families emigra-
ted from the banks of Tar River in
North Carolina, and settled east OF
the ripping waters of the Hatchle.
Miss PriciIla was the Oldest daugter
If Mr.. and Mrs. Dent, who reyeled
in the noise and joys of three girls
and four boys, while Dumpty was
the only child and son Of Mr.. and !
I Mrs. Drew, on him they hung their
affections and their clothes, and
every day remarked how fat our
Duinpty grows. MISS Pricllla was
tall, little young lady, with brown
hair, grey eyes, a sharp nose and
f. zee as freckled as the turkey eggs
she gathered IN the mornings, She
was passionately fand of raising
e fowls and her fathers yard was al
4 wavs enlivened with the merry cackle |
a of her hens accompanied by the
, hurrah Of the rOOsters, and Tho |
e billovry noise of her strutting COB
= elers followed by their numerous
+ progeny. Miss Pricilla's merry laugh
II and song could be heard overthe hills
s as she shought the pest of the turkey,
e or watched the trisklng squlrreis
y as they gamboled mid the sparkling
blossoms OF the dog woods. On these
iP rambles she always listened for the
! sigh that Dumpty drew, for they
IN were lovers. Dumpty was fat,
L solemn young man, with a round
honest face and very short legs.
be He was just the opposite of Miss
Use Pric;lla, she was tall. he was short
IN She was freckled he was fair, she
Il. was Jolly he was solemn, but as the
o. rule goes they were suited by being
to contraries, and loved each other
en- with a sixteen years old fondness
see Dumpty was fond Of hunting and
'ed fishing. and one morning alter read
We ING in the Bulletin, that a gooc
see wav to catch fish was to drive them
OF into q net, he took his net to pon(
ost near by to try the receipt, his gun
try and powder horn he LAID upon thu
be bank, set his net in a shallow place
ere rolled up bis pants and vailed IN
all at once he stepped IN water owe
for bis head. he could not swim, blu
9 of struggled hard to keep aaoat; at TIL
en- time Priscilla came over the hltl; 81
the heard the noise, and rushed to til
,om pond in time to see her lover strIVlr
,son for his life. The brave girl seized Il
lich gun and powder morn, jumped IN
wav the boat and rowad toward him, oil
tiers a las she saw him sink his last TIN
is at and the bubbles that played oV
the place told Of his sad fate. 81
,our did not despair, for she had heal
mate that a cannon fired over the sp
adj where one was drowned would ra
the his body, She poured the Powd
woke into the gun, placed 1t to her sho'
der and with clenched teeCh anu
firm hand she pulled the trigger a
fired, The conclusion was so gre
that it knocked her out ct the b.
? al the teet of her lover, and NcE
nearly all the water out OF the Pc
TT Stunned for a moment only,
r,isod the soaking chubby form
Dumpty and before the pond co
again refill with water bore am
manly the shore. She sat him on a stu
etoing ard squeezed the water out OF
divert almost l1feless form with her 10y
from caregses. Under such pressing tr
ragant rnent he revived, just in time
4 the PaIson Faw, who was passing
,ati on struck tie key note Of the situat
Amerl~ and pronounced them man and
: good and to this day the pond is knf
as Lovers Pond and the Bull
every Christmas receives one
Mrs. Drew's gobblers for a pie
ne hoi- and every May our table IS lade
bove with fish caught by Dumpty.